The amount doesn't even come close to the billion Apple said it should get

Aug 17, 2012 12:37 GMT  ·  By

The trial between Apple and Samsung, taking place in San Jose, California, has just exited the stage where witnesses come and testify.

One of the things that happened during this phase was Apple and Samsung telling the court how much they thought the other owed.

Several days ago, Apple somehow estimated damages and rightful patent royalties at $2.5 billion / 2.02 billion Euro.

Now, Samsung has revealed how much it thinks Apple owes it for allegedly infringing its 3G and phone patents: $421.8 Million / 341 Million Euro.

The jury will soon figure out which of Samsung's and Apple's claims are valid, though the two will meet one last time to see if they can reach a settlement of some sort.

Considering just how relentless the two are though, there is less chance of that than there is for Apple's lawyer to really be smoking crack.